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Chlamys opuntia
Taxonomy
Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia was named by Dall (1898). Its type specimen is USNM 107752, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) opuntia by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Chlamys opuntia by Moore (1984), Hendy (2021).
It was recombined as Pecten (Pecten) opuntia by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Chlamys opuntia by Moore (1984), Hendy (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. ambigua, C. austriatus, C. balatonicus, C. bavarica, C. burlesonensis, C. cawcawensis, C. chathamensis, C. cocoana, C. compitum, C. coquimbensis, C. cossmanni, C. decorata, C. dewalquei, C. discor, C. discors, C. falgeri, C. ferniensis, C. glabra, C. gracilisquamosa, C. guerangeri, C. hinnitiformis, C. hopkinsi, C. interpunctata, C. jamensis, C. jamviensis, C. jinvalensis, C. laurae, C. liveoakensis, C. luciensis, C. matapwaensis, C. michellesmithi, C. multiformis, C. pertinax, C. proprius, C. riggsi, C. s., C. salamanca, C. scrabrellus, C. senatrius, C. septemplicatus, C. simpsoni, C. subaequicostata, C. subalternicostatus, C. subequicostatus, C. subliliemensis, C. subtextoria, C. subulatae, C. subvacaensis, C. tauroperstriata, C. textroia, C. townsendi, C. tullbergi, C. turomtchensis, C. vaughani, C. vaun, C. vaunwythei, C. venustula, C. vidali, C. viminea, C. vodopadnyensis, C. wahtubbeanus, C. arachnoideus, C. flabellum, C. judaica, C. perrugosa, C. nipponensis, C. spinulosa, C. concinnatus, C. nipponensis, C. crocus, C. proximus, C. subarticulatus, C. transdanubialis, C. burnetti, C. nicholsi, C. sakitoensis, C. broilii, C. fassaensis, C. paronai, C. schroeteri, Pecten bellhamellatus, Pecten nicholsi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia Dall p. 707 figs. pl. 29, fig. 6 |
| 1903 | Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia Arnold p. 113 |
| 1906 | Pecten (Chlamys) opuntia Arnold p. 118 |
| 1931 | Pecten (Pecten) opuntia Grant, IV and Gale p. 165 |
| 1984 | Chlamys opuntia Moore p. B25 figs. Plate 6, figure 2 |
| 2021 | Chlamys opuntia Hendy |
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†Chlamys opuntia Dall 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available